Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • Patent number: 9610537
    Abstract: A loop tower CO2 capture system includes a feeding unit, a carbonator, an accumulator, a calciner, a combustion chamber and a gas blower. The feeding unit has a first gas pipe. The carbonator includes multiple first cyclone dust collecting units. The first gas pipe has one end connected to the uppermost first cyclone dust collecting unit. The accumulator is connected to the lowermost first cyclone dust collecting unit, and is located between the carbonator and the calciner. The calciner includes multiple second cyclone dust collecting units. The accumulator is connected to the uppermost second cyclone dust collecting unit. The first gas pipe has the other end connected to the lowermost second cyclone dust collecting unit. The combustion chamber is connected to the lowermost second cyclone dust collecting unit. The gas blower is connected to the first gas pipe of the feeding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan Cement Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Cheng Chen, Shoung Ouyang, Chin-Ming Huang, Cheng-Hsien Shen, Heng-Wen Hsu
  • Patent number: 9610332
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for increasing or decreasing DNA repair are provided. Composition includes a Brd4 polypeptide, fragment, fusion, or variant thereof. The fusion protein can include a protein transduction, a targeting domain, or a combination thereof to enhance delivery of the fusion protein to the interior of a particular target cell, such as a cancer cell. Inhibitory nucleic acids that target a Brd4 mRNA and antibodies that target a Brd4 polypeptide are also disclosed. The inhibitory nucleic acid or antibody can target a sequence or epitope on Brd4 isoform B that is absent on Brd4 isoform A and Brd4 isoform C. Methods for increasing or decreasing the sensitivity of cells to a DNA damaging agent, methods of treating cancer, and methods of determining cells' sensitivity to a DNA damaging agent are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Michael B. Yaffe, Scott R. Floyd
  • Patent number: 9613508
    Abstract: Provided is a security monitoring method including outputting a multi-tone sound wave configured with a linear sum of sine waves having a plurality of frequency components inside a security monitoring space, receiving the multi-tone sound wave and calculating a sound field, calculating and storing sound field information according to frequency through the sound field, comparing reference sound field information according to frequency with the currently measured sound field information and determining whether a sound field variation occurs, and analyzing whether the sound field variation occurs collected for a certain predetermined period and distinguishing at least two events among intrusion, motion and temperature variation situations on the basis of correlation between the reference sound field spectrum and consecutive sound field spectra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kang-Ho Park, Sung Q Lee
  • Patent number: 9610022
    Abstract: An adaptive optical objective inspection instrument for optic nerve function comprises: a sub-system for measuring wave aberration of human's eyes, including a near infrared beacon light source, an intermediate optical system, a wavefront corrector and a wavefront sensor, configured to measure and obtain wave aberration of testee's eyes, the intermediate optical system arranged along an optical path between the near infrared beacon light source and the wavefront sensor, and the wavefront corrector arranged in the optical path of the intermediate optical system; a sub-system for correcting wave aberration of human's eyes, including the intermediate optical system, the wavefront corrector and a control unit, the control unit configured to drive and control the wavefront corrector to correct the wave aberration of testee's eyes according to the measured wave aberration; and a sub-system for inspecting optic nerve function, including a visual stimulus display and a system for collecting visual evoked potential si
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: The Institute of Optics and Electronics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Yun Dai, Haoxin Zhao, Yudong Zhang
  • Patent number: 9614612
    Abstract: A fast protection switching method for a Passive Optical Network (PON). When performing protection switching from an operation link (an operation network) to a protection link (a protection network) in a PON, the fast protection switching method enables rapidly updating Equalization Delay (EqD) values, even if the EqD values are different for Optical Network Terminals (ONTs) of varying distances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Geun Yong Kim, Sung Chang Kim, Hark Yoo, Hee Do Kim, Dong Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 9613981
    Abstract: A vertical channel-type 3D semiconductor memory device and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes depositing alternating insulating and electrode layers on a substrate to form a multi-layer film. The method further includes etching the film to the substrate to form through-holes, each of which defines a channel region. The method further includes depositing barrier, storage, and tunnel layers in sequence on inner walls of through-holes to form gate stacks. The method further includes depositing and incompletely filling a channel material on a surface of the tunnel layer of gate stacks to form a hollow channels. The method further includes forming drains in contact hole regions for bit-line connection in top portions of the hollow channels. The method further includes forming sources in contact regions between the through-holes and the substrate in bottom portions of the hollow channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Zongliang Huo, Ming Liu
  • Patent number: 9611461
    Abstract: L-cysteine can be produced inexpensively and efficiently by using a bacterium belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae modified to reduce activity of O-acetylserine sulfhydrylase B thereof, the bacterium being modified so that the C terminal region of its thiosulfate-binding protein is deleted, and the bacterium having an increased ability to produce L-cysteine in the presence of a sulfate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: National University Corporation Nara Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Iwao Ohtsu, Takeshi Nakatani, Ai Tamakoshi, Sayo Takahashi, Hiroshi Takagi
  • Patent number: 9614936
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for processing MMTP packets. When an MMTP packet is transmitted, the packet processing apparatus calculates a reference value from partial field values of a reference MMTP packet header, and inserts the calculated reference value into the compressed header. By the reference value, MMTP packets may be correctly distinguished and may be correctly referred to when there are two reference MMTP packets in which the lower 5 bits of packet sequence numbers are identical to each other, or even when the number of reference MMTP packets is a multiple of 256.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chang-Kyu Lee, Sung-Hei Kim, Shin-Gak Kang, Ju-Young Park
  • Patent number: 9613328
    Abstract: A method of workflow monitoring and analysis includes: according to an image to generate at least one three-dimensional joint coordinate, and according to the three dimensional joint coordinate to generate at least one task posture information; according to a movement information to generate at least one three-dimensional track information, and according to the three dimensional track to generate at least one task track information; and according to a workpiece posture information, the task posture information, a workpiece movement information and the task track information to generate a task semanticist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hung-Wei Lin, Hau-Wei Wang, Shu-Ping Dong
  • Patent number: 9612329
    Abstract: An apparatus, a system and a method for space status detection based on acoustic signal are provided. The detecting apparatus includes an audio transmitting device, an audio receiving device, a signal processing device and a decision device. The audio transmitting device transmits an acoustic signal into a space. The audio receiving device receives a varied acoustic signal as a sensing signal. The signal processing device is coupled to the audio receiving device to receive the sensing signal and generates a characteristic parameter of a space status according to the sensing signal. The decision device is coupled to the signal processing device to receive the characteristic parameter and detects a change of the space status according to the characteristic parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Ming-Yen Chen, Jia-Ching Wang, Chen-Guei Chang, Chang-Hong Lin
  • Patent number: 9610306
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention and treatment of tissue injury caused by irradiation which comprises silkworm hemolymph as an active ingredient. Particularly, when the silkworm hemolymph of the present invention was administered to an animal model with liver damage induced by irradiation, plasma AST and liver MDA were significantly decreased, indicating that the silkworm hemolymph of the invention can be effectively used as a composition for the prevention and treatment of disease caused by the exposure on radiation including tissue injury caused by irradiation, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
    Inventors: Sang Hyun Park, Beom Su Jang, YouRee Nam
  • Patent number: 9613155
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for accessing and controlling data has a computer coupled to a display screen and to a source of a plurality of data items. The computer is programmed with a program having a graphical user interface that displays symbols on the display screen that represent the data items. The symbols may be displayed and colored in groups based upon the similarity of content of the data that the symbols represent. The content may also generate labels for the symbols. Lines extending between symbols graphically indicate the relatedness of the data that the symbols represent and the size of symbols may indicate the calculated relevance to user interests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Cameron Wesley Hill, Kevin Michael Barresi, Mukundan Iyengar
  • Patent number: 9610281
    Abstract: A method of treating nervous system diseases associated with dopamine receptors comprising administering a patent in need a compound having a structure of general formula (I) or a pharmaceutical acceptable salt, hydrate, or solvate thereof in a pharmaceutically effective amount, and a method of making the compound having the structure of general formula (I) or a pharmaceutical acceptable salt, hydrate, or solvate thereof. The compound of formula (I) has multiple pharmacological functions such as the functions of activating opioid receptors and blocking dopamine D2 receptors, and has good physicochemical properties and oral bioavailability. General animal experiments show that such a compound has significant and long-lasting analgesic and calming effects and can be used to treat pain and other mental illnesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
    Inventors: Xinmiao Liang, Chaoran Wang, Xiuli Zhang, Yan Zhang, Zhiwei Wang, Olivier Civelli, Yanxiong Ke, Lien Wang
  • Patent number: 9610359
    Abstract: Disclosed are conjugates comprising the annexin 1-binding peptide IFLLWQR covalently linked to a therapeutic or detectable agent. Also disclosed are compositions comprising a moiety and a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence that can bind to a carbohydrate receptor on a cell. Also disclosed are isolated nucleic acids comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence that can bind to a carbohydrate receptor on a cell. Also disclosed are methods comprising administering to a subject a composition comprising a moiety and a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence that can bind to a carbohydrate receptor on a cell. Also disclosed are methods of targeting a tumor cell in a subject comprising administering to the subject a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence that can bind to a carbohydrate receptor on a cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: Burnham Institute for Medical Research, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine
    Inventors: Michiko Fukuda, Kazuhiro Sugihara, Naohira Kanayama
  • Patent number: 9614460
    Abstract: A voltage compensating method is applied to a converter for converting a DC voltage into an AC voltage. The converter includes a first switch module, a second switch module, and an inductor. In a first dead time period, detect a first current value related to the inductor. According to the first current value, calculate a second current value and a third current value related to the inductor. According to polarities of the first, second and third current values, determine an output mode of the converter indicating a voltage compensation model after the first dead time period. According to the voltage compensation model, the first current value, and the second current value or the third current value, calculate a voltage compensation value. In a second dead time period, adjust a switching time for the first switch module and the second switch module according to the voltage compensation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Shu-Syuan Huang, Yoshihiro Konishi
  • Patent number: 9610351
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating pain are disclosed. The compositions are based on dry powders comprising microparticles of diketopiperazines and an analgesic active agent. The analgesic in the compositions comprises one or more peptide analgesics or derivatives thereof, which are administered to a subject using a pulmonary inhalation drug delivery system comprising a dry powder inhaler and the analgesic composition. The present compositions produce fewer side effects associated with current opioid therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: MannKind Corporation, TORREY PINES INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR STUDIES
    Inventors: Andrea Leone-Bay, Richard A. Houghten, Joseph J. Guarneri, Grayson W. Stowell
  • Patent number: 9611415
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composite heat-dissipation substrate and a method of manufacturing the same. The composite heat-dissipation substrate includes a first ceramic layer having insulating properties, a second porous ceramic layer and a metal layer, wherein the first ceramic layer and the second ceramic layer are continuously connected to each other so as not to form an interface therebetween, and the metal layer is infiltrated into plural pores of the second ceramic layer to be coupled to the ceramic layers, whereby interfacial coupling force between the ceramic layers and the metal layer is very high, thereby providing significantly improved heat dissipation characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Sang-Kwan Lee, Sang-Bok Lee, Jung-Yeul Yun
  • Patent number: 9614783
    Abstract: A method for determining a source and a transmission path to provide content includes receiving a message comprising at least one of channel information of a link between a request device which requests content download and a central management device, available resource amount information of a candidate device, channel information of a link between the candidate device and the central management device, and channel information of a link between the request device and one candidate device. The method also includes determining a source device and the transmission path for providing the content to the request device using an available resource amount of the candidate device, a data rate of the link between the request device and the central management device, a data rate of the link between the request device and the candidate device, and a data rate of the link between the candidate device and the central management device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yongsuk Park, Sun-Mi Kim, Dan-Keun Sung, Chan-Hyun Youn, Jin-Won Kim, Ji-Young Cha, Tae-Hoon Kim, Dong-Ki Kang, Hee-Jae Kim, Yong-Sung Park, Young-Joo Han
  • Patent number: 9615143
    Abstract: A content providing apparatus and method, and a content reproduction apparatus and method for accessing a content stream in a hybrid three-dimensional television (3DTV) are disclosed. The content providing apparatus may include a content stream generation unit to generate a first content stream corresponding to a reference image and a second content stream corresponding to a supplementary image, a descriptor generation unit to generate a descriptor associated with the first content stream and the second content stream, and a data transmission unit to transmit the first content stream, the second content stream, and the descriptor to a content reproduction apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, KAI MEDIA CO., Hidea Solutions Co., Ltd., KOOKMIN UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Joo Young Lee, Sung Hoon Kim, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woong Kim, Suk Jin Hong, Jin Suk Kwak, Min Suk Lee, Dong Wook Kang, Kyeong Hoon Jung
  • Patent number: 9612015
    Abstract: An oxy-combustor is provided which comprises a combustion vessel including at least one solid fuel slurry inlet port, at least one oxygen inlet port and at least one supercritical fluid inlet port, wherein the combustion vessel is operable at an operating pressure of at least 1,100 psi; an interior of the combustion vessel comprises a combustion chamber and a supercritical fluid infusion chamber surrounding at least a part of the combustion chamber, the supercritical fluid infusion chamber and the combustion chamber are separated by a porous liner surrounding the combustion chamber, and the supercritical infusion chamber is located between the porous liner and an outer casing of the combustion vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Klaus Brun, Aaron M. McClung, Rebecca A. Owston